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Comment by Jaspermarinka

Oooooooooooh!New season set I guess :DCan't wait untill it begins. These "Ruthless" pieces will be bought with conquest and honor will be used to buy "Vicious" pieces.

Comment by Bozanimal

The cost is 3400 Conquest Points (confirmed). Conquest points are available via rated battlegrounds, arena, and conversion from Valor Points via either Faldren Tillsdale (A) or Jamus'Vaz (H). Your character must earn 7800 Conquest Points through Arena or rated BGs in the current season before the gun becomes available.

As the "entry-level" Conquest Point gun it will likely be available for 3,400 Honor when Season 11 begins. You must earn at least 7,500 honor in the current, respective season to be eligible for PvP weapon purchases with honor.

At its iLevel in 4.2.0, this is the BiS ranged weapon for DwarfHunter in PvE due to their 1% crit chance with guns (at level 85 that's 179 crit rating).

Dwarves looking for a Heroic level equivalent, which is i391, have access to Ruthless Gladiator's Rifle, which is the highest iLevel gun in the game as of 4.2, but it is not their BiS (see final bullet).

The crafted alternative Extreme-Impact Hole Puncher is vastly inferior, stat-wise, most notably due to reduced weapon DPS and Agility versus Normal raid weapons, even for dwarves. Since Lava Bolt Crossbow is BoE, there is no viable reason to use the crafted item unless the player happens to be an engineer with the materials or short on gold, but even then it's a questionable use of the mats if the player is planning to raid regularly.

The pre-Ragnaros Normal raid PvE alternatives (link) are either crossbows or PvP weapons.